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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 10:35 AM
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Guys... I am moving full time to NOVA... so who are the shops up here? (Northern VA area)
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by longrange4u
Guys... I am moving full time to NOVA... so who are the shops up here? (Northern VA area)
Not many any more... I do a ton of cars from that area.
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Old Apr 18, 2012 | 06:38 PM
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Like Fran said not a whole lot in actual NoVA, only stang and import shops. Gotta head south towards richmond,va beach or north into MD,DE,NJ.

Frost, real good tuner is towards richmond.
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Old Apr 19, 2012 | 02:58 AM
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VA Speed in Virginia Beach or the ones mentioned in Richmond.

Very rarely do I see an Fbody in this area.
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Frost in Richmond!
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Old Apr 20, 2012 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Frans96SS
Not many any more... I do a ton of cars from that area.
Fran, you might be stuck with me... (Josh reccomends you too)
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Old Apr 20, 2012 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by longrange4u
Fran, you might be stuck with me... (Josh reccomends you too)

Haha... Im ok with being stuck with you... I have a super cheap shipping guy too. Prob 200 or less to ship it here.
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 03:34 PM
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+1 for fran, and frost add to the list john at broadview auto service in warrenton
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John at Broadview gets my vote. He's leaps and bounds above anybody else I've dealt with. It's not a bad drive from NOVA. He's about 2.5 hours from me, but my car is there now.
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Iv met john and have seen his trans am in person. It's amazing. His cam is huge and he drives it on the street all the time. Don't want to give away his specs... Sorry guys lol. I'm not real sure if its a secret to be honest hahaha but I don't want to be the *** to ruin it lol.
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Originally Posted by longrange4u
Guys... I am moving full time to NOVA... so who are the shops up here? (Northern VA area)
There really arent any... its all DIY'ers helping each other out.


Originally Posted by Mike Morris
Frost in Richmond!
Good for tuning not so much for maintenance or modding. I've seen the work the shop he works out of "PAS" in Richmond dishes out. They are not an LS shop... they deal in Stangers. In fact Raven02TA and I fixed an LS car that PAS screwed up.

Fran at RPM is an easy drive up 95, best bet for tuning and mods.
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